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Taxes pay for roads, schools, police, sewers, water, courts, etc. They are things you consume by living in this country and thing that most people would like to

Taxes pay for roads, schools, police, sewers, water, courts, etc. They are things you consume by living in this country and thing that most people would like to have around. They also pay for the military, the CIA, and evidently things like supporting the gassing of Iran. But they are not enforced loyalty. Moreover, you can get out of paying US taxes. You just have to leave the country, renounce your citizenship, and pay an exit tax (after all, it would be rather absurd to allow someone to profit off the US legal system and business environment and then leave before paying the bill)

ekianjo 13y ago
> But they are not enforced loyalty. I think you are playing with words. The government expects you to pay your taxes. It is counting on your money. On your loyalty to feed them constantly, until you die (and even after, actually). Since people don't wait until guys with guns and uniforms come to their door to pay their taxes, I would say everyone is pretty loyal to the State and do not wait for threats to comply. If that's not loyalty, then I don't know how you call it. And many citizens do think taxes (no matter the amount) are a GOOD thing, and will defend the Right of the State to steal your money in a significant manner. Isn't that loyalty ?